Obituary: Janet E. Ewing

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The Daily Reporter - Coldwater, MI

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Posted Sep. 23, 2012 at 9:38 PM

Posted Sep. 23, 2012 at 9:38 PM

Coldwater, Mich.

HILLSDALE — Janet E. Ewing, age 70, of Hillsdale, passed away Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Aug. 21, 1942 in Jackson, to Francis and Mary Louise (Perkins) Vogelsang. She was married June 15, 1963 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Jackson, to William B. Ewing, and Bill survives.

Mrs. Ewing was a retired business women and homemaker. She was a 1960 graduate of St. Mary’s Star of the Sea in Jackson . She also attended Jackson Junior College. Janet was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Hillsdale and a member of the Hillsdale Women’s Club. Her interests included golfing, bowling, photography, scrapbooking, gardening, painting, crocheting and traveling, and she also was a volunteer at St. Anthony Catholic Church.

Surviving besides her husband Bill are two children, Sheila (James) Friedline of Hillsdale and Jeffery Ewing of Reading; eight grandchildren; four sisters, Mary Frances (Michael) O’Donnell of Scottsdale, Ariz., Barbara Vogelsang of Hickory Corners, Julianne (Joseph) Koenig of Grand Rapids; and four brothers, John Vogelsang and William Vogelsang, both of Ann Arbor, Phillip (Kathleen) Vogelsang of Grand Rapids and Michael Vogelsang of Jackson.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Amy.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Janet Ewing will be Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, at 11 a.m., at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Hillsdale, with Fr. David Reamsnyder officiating. Interment will follow at St. Anthony Cemetery.

The family will receive friends for visitation today, Sept. 24 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. with a prayer vigil service Monday evening at 6:30, at the VanHorn-Eagle Funeral Home in Hillsdale.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Hospice of Hillsdale Co.

To view this obituary and send condolences, visit www.eaglefuneralhomes.com.